Tomorrow the Green Grass

Tomorrow the Green Grass
Studio album by The Jayhawks
Released February 14, 1995
Genre Rock
Length 46:27
Label American
Producer George Drakoulias
The Jayhawks chronology
Hollywood Town Hall
(1992)		 Tomorrow the Green Grass
(1995)		 Sound of Lies
(1997)

Tomorrow the Green Grass is an album by the American alternative country and rock band The Jayhawks, released in 1995. It peaked at number 92 on The Billboard 200 charts.

Contents

History

Tomorrow the Green Grass was the last release with singer-songwriter Mark Olson. It is also Karen Grotberg's first appearance as a group member.

"Miss Williams' Guitar" is a tribute to Victoria Williams, Olson's girlfriend at the time (they later married). He would later leave The Jayhawks and form The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers with Williams. The song "Bad Time" is a cover of a Grand Funk Railroad song from All the Girls in the World Beware!!!. The song "Tomorrow the Green Grass" appears on the soundtrack for the movie "National Lampoon's Senior Trip" as track number 13.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau [2]
Entertainment Weekly (A-) [3]

Tomorrow the Green Grass received generally positive reviews. In his review for Allmusic, critic Jason Ankeny praised the album and called the album the group's finest.[1] Music critic Robert Christgau wrote the album was "always sincere, never wimpy"[2] and Tom Sinclair of Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A- rating and wrote "This is everything a country- rock album should be. Even those who normally can't stand the genre are likely to be seduced by the plaintive vocal harmonies, pristine melodies, and scrappy-but-lyrical guitar solos..."[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Olson and Gary Louris except as noted.

  1. "Blue" – 3:09
  2. "I'd Run Away" – 3:34
  3. "Miss Williams' Guitar" – 3:06
  4. "Two Hearts" – 3:22
  5. "Real Light" – 3:25
  6. "Over My Shoulder" – 3:41
  7. "Bad Time" – 3:27 (Mark Farner)
  8. "See Him on the Street" – 3:09
  9. "Nothing Left to Borrow" – 3:24
  10. "Ann Jane" – 4:00
  11. "Pray for Me" – 3:39
  12. "Red's Song" – 3:58 (Mark Olson/Gary Louris/Marc Perlman)
  13. "Ten Little Kids" – 4:33 (Olson/Louris/Perlman)

2011 Legacy Edition track listing

All songs written by Mark Olson and Gary Louris except as noted.

Disc 1:

  1. "Blue" – 3:09
  2. "I'd Run Away" – 3:33
  3. "Miss Williams' Guitar" – 3:06
  4. "Two Hearts" – 3:22
  5. "Real Light" – 3:25
  6. "Over My Shoulder" – 3:40
  7. "Bad Time" – 3:26 (Mark Farner)
  8. "See Him on the Street" – 3:09
  9. "Nothing Left to Borrow" – 3:24
  10. "Ann Jane" – 4:00
  11. "Pray for Me" – 3:39
  12. "Red's Song" – 3:58 (Mark Olson/Gary Louris/Marc Perlman)
  13. "Ten Little Kids" – 4:33 (Olson/Louris/Perlman)
  14. "Tomorrow The Green Grass" – 3:35 (non-album b-side)
  15. "You And I (Ba-Ba-Ba)" – 4:35 (previously unreleased)
  16. "Sweet Hobo Self" – 3:08 (previously unreleased)
  17. "Last Cigarette" – 3:24 (non-album b-side)
  18. "Sleep While You Can" – 3:51 (previously unreleased)/"Blue From Now On" – 2:47 (hidden bonus track; previously unreleased early demo)

Disc 2 "The Mystery Demos" (all tracks previously unreleased):

  1. "Pray For Me" – 3:42
  2. "Won't Be Coming Home" – 3:50
  3. "No Place" – 4:56
  4. "Precious Time" – 3:29
  5. "Poor Michael's Boat" – 2:54
  6. "Ranch House In Phoenix" – 4:51
  7. "Cotton Dress" – 3:14
  8. "She Picks The Violets" – 3:58
  9. "Bloody Hands" – 3:45
  10. "Up Above The River" – 3:47
  11. "Over My Shoulder" – 3:33
  12. "Blue From Now On" – 3:18
  13. "Hold Me Close" – 4:32
  14. "Turn Your Pretty Name Around" – 4:01
  15. "You And I (Ba-Ba-Ba)" – 5:08
  16. "Red's Song" – 4:29
  17. "Nothing Left To Borrow" – 4:06
  18. "White Shell Road" – 4:07

1-10 are from Demos, February 6, 1992
11-18 are from Acoustic Demos w/George D., 10-92

Personnel

Additional musicians:

Production notes

References

  1. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Tomorrow the Green Grass > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r209195. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Tomorrow the Green Grass > Review". Robert Christgau. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Jayhawks. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Sinclair, Tom (February 1995). "Tomorrow the Green Grass > Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,296123,00.html. Retrieved June 15, 2011. 

External links

The Jayhawks
Studio albums
The Jayhawks  · Blue Earth  · Hollywood Town Hall  · Tomorrow the Green Grass  · Sound of Lies  · Smile  · Rainy Day Music  · Mockingbird Time
Gary Louris – Solo
Mark Olson – Solo
Mark Olson & Gary Louris
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